M

mac_alloc() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_callbacks MAC entry points structure, GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

mac_capab_lso() structure, Large Segment (or Send) Offload

mac_fini_ops() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_hcksum_get() function

Hardware Checksum Offload

Transmit Data Path

mac_hcksum_set() function

Hardware Checksum Offload

Receive Data Path

mac_init_ops() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_link_update() function, GLDv3 State Change Notifications

mac_lso_get() function

Large Segment (or Send) Offload

Transmit Data Path

mac_register() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_register MAC registration information structure

GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

mac_rx() function, Receive Data Path

mac_tx_update() function

Transmit Data Path

GLDv3 State Change Notifications

mac_unregister() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

major numbers

description of, Devices as Special Files

example of, Block Device Autoconfiguration

makedevice() function, Block Device Autoconfiguration

mapsize argument, rmallocmap(), changes to, rmallocmap() and rmallocmap_wait() Argument Changes

mc_getcapab() entry point, GLDv3 Capabilities

mc_getprop() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_getstat() entry point, GLDv3 Network Statistics

mc_propinfo() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_setprop() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_tx() entry point, Transmit Data Path

mc_unicst() entry point, Receive Data Path

mdb

detecting kernel memory leaks, Detecting Kernel Memory Leaks

writing commands, Writing Debugger Commands With mdb

mdb debugger, Using the mdb Modular Debugger

navigating device tree with, Obtaining Device Tree Information

retrieving soft state information, Retrieving Driver Soft State Information

running, Getting Started With the Modular Debugger

memory allocation, description of, Dynamic Memory Allocation

memory allocation functions

Memory Allocation and Deallocation Functions

Memory Allocation and Deallocation Functions

deprecated, Memory Allocation and Deallocation Functions

memory leaks, detecting with mdb, Detecting Kernel Memory Leaks

memory management unit, description of, Virtual Memory

memory mapping

device context management of, Context Management Model

device memory management

Entry Points for Memory Mapped Devices

Mapping Device and Kernel Memory

Mapping Device Memory

memory model

SPARC, System Memory Model

store buffers, Store Buffers

message-signaled interrupts, defined, Device Interrupts

minor device node, Creating Minor Device Nodes

modifying permissions of, Updating Driver Information

minor numbers, Devices as Special Files

minphys() function, minphys() Entry Point

bulk requests, Requests

mmap() function, driver notification, Associating User Mappings With Driver Notifications

mod_install() function, network drivers, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mod_remove() function, network drivers, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

moddebug kernel variable, Loading and Unloading Test Modules

modinfo command

Test the Layered Driver

Loading and Unloading Test Modules

modldrv structure, description of, modldrv Structure

modlinkage structure, description of, modlinkage Structure

modload command, Loading and Unloading Test Modules

modular debugger, See mdb debugger

module directory, Copying the Driver to a Module Directory

module functions, Module Functions

module_info structure, network drivers, GLDv2 Driver Requirements

modunload command, Loading and Unloading Test Modules

description of, Loading and Unloading Drivers

mount() function, block drivers, open() Entry Point (Block Drivers)

msgb() structure

Requests

Requests

MSI interrupts

defined, Device Interrupts

implementation, MSI Interrupts

MSI-X interrupts

defined, Device Interrupts

implementation, MSI-X Interrupts

multiplexing I/O, Multiplexing I/O on File Descriptors

multiprocessor considerations, Context Management Model

multithreading

and condition variables, Initializing Condition Variables

D_MP flag in cb_ops structure, cb_ops Structure

execution environment, Multithreaded Execution Environment

and locking primitives, Locking Primitives

thread synchronization, Condition Variables in Thread Synchronization

mutex

functions, Setting Up Mutexes

locks, Mutual-Exclusion Locks

manipulating, Kernel Thread Control and Synchronization Functions

related panics, Potential Locking Pitfalls

routines, Mutual-Exclusion Locks

mutex_enter() function, High-Level Interrupts

mutex_exit() function, High-Level Interrupts

mutex_init() function, Registering Drivers to Gain Device Access

mutex_owned() function, example of, Use mutex_owned() to Validate and Document Locking Requirements

mutual-exclusion locks, See mutex